Clinical effects of kestose, a prebiotic oligosaccharide, on the treatment of atopic dermatitis in infants

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1397-1403

  Shibata, R ^a   Kimura, M ^b   Takahashi, H ^b   Mikami, K ^b   Aiba, Y ^b   Takeda, H ^c   Koga, Y ^b  

^a FUKUOKA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Sugar Beet Production Division   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; Fructo oligosaccharide; Kestose; Prebiotics; Treatment

Indexed keywords

FRUCTOSE OLIGOSACCHARIDE; KESTOSE; MALTOSE; PLACEBO; PREBIOTIC AGENT; STEROID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BACTERIAL COUNT; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCORING SYSTEM;

BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MALTOSE; SWEETENING AGENTS; TIME FACTORS; TRISACCHARIDES;

EID: 68349158905     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2009.03295.x     Document Type: Article

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